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1. The Land Pike—The old common breed of the country, 
sometimes called ‘land-pikes,” may be described as “large, 
vough, long-nosed, big-boned, thin-backed, slab-sided, long-leg- 
Fig. 26. 
Tue Lanp Pree Hoe. 
ged, ravenous, ugly animals.” Speaking of this race, A. B, Allen 
says: ‘No reasonable fence can stop them, but, ever restive 
and uneasy, they rove about seeking for plunder. swilling 
grunting, rooting, pawing; always in mischief and always de- 
stroying. The more a man possesses of such stock the worse 
he is off.” But this breed is rapidly disappearing. Crosses 
between the land pike. and the Chinese or the Berkshire pro- 
ducing a fine ‘animal, the original breed is being very generally 
improved. 
2. The Chinese Breed,—This breed was introduced into this 
country from Ching: some forty years ago. The Chinese hog is 
small in limb, round ‘in body, short in head, and very broad in 
cheek. : When fattened, it looks quite out of proportion, the 
head appearing to be buried in thé neck, so that only the tip of 
the nose is visible. It has an exceedingly thin skin and fine 
bristles.” ; 
The pure-blooded Chinese hog has been bred to only a limited 
extent in the United States, on account of the smallness of its 
size (it seldom attaining more than two hundred and fifty 
pounds), and its lack of hardiness in a cold climate. In thig 
last respect, however, it is well adapted to the South. Crossed 
